Being resourceful

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    Two numbers under the microscope

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    This investigates one particular property of number by looking closely at an example of adding two odd numbers together.

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    The animals' sports day

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    One day, five small animals in my garden had a sports day. Who do you think won each race?

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    Our sports

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This problem explores the range of events in a sports day and which ones are the most popular and attract the most entries.

  • Olympic rings
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    Olympic rings

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you design your own version of the Olympic rings, using interlocking squares instead of circles?

  • Secret Transmissions
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    Secret transmissions

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How can Agent X transmit data on a faulty line and be sure that her message will get through?

  • Method in multiplying madness?
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    Method in multiplying madness?

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?

  • How Tall?
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    How tall?

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

  • Which spinners?
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    Which spinners?

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?

  • Sticky Data
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    Sticky data

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    You'll need to work in a group on this problem. Use your sticky notes to show the answer to questions such as 'how many girls are there in your group?'.

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    Class 5's names

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Class 5 were looking at the first letter of each of their names. They created different charts to show this information. Can you work out which member of the class was away on that day?